System and method for personalized video program listing and targeted content advertisement
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- automatically identifying preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via a television distribution system;
automatically storing information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content; and
generating a personalized list of the identified preferred distributed programming content, the personalized list, displayed on initial activation of a video system, including at least one image of the identified preferred distributed programming content.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via a television distribution system, automatically store information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content, and generate a personalized list of the identified preferred distributed programming content, the personalized list, displayed on initial activation of a video system, including at least one image of the identified preferred distributed programming content.
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33 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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automatically identifying preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via a television distribution system;
automatically storing information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content; and
generating a personalized list of the identified preferred distributed programming content, the personalized list, displayed on initial activation of a video system, including at least one image of the identified preferred distributed programming content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article of manufacture comprising at least one machine readable storage medium having one or more computer programs stored thereon and operable on one or more computing systems to:
- automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via a television distribution system, automatically store information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content, and generate a personalized list of the identified preferred distributed programming content, the personalized list, displayed on initial activation of a video system, including at least one image of the identified preferred distributed programming content.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a television distribution network;
a subscriber profile generator coupled to the television distribution network to automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via the television distribution network, the subscriber profile generator further to automatically store information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content, and a favorites presentation generator to generate a personalized list of the identified preferred distributed programming content, the personalized list, displayed on initial activation of a video system, including at least one image of the identified preferred distributed programming content. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A system comprising:
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a television distribution network;
a subscriber profile generator coupled to the television distribution network to automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via the television distribution network, the subscriber profile generator further to automatically store information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content; and
a favorites presentation generator to generate, on initial activation of a video system, a mosaic presentation of programming images corresponding to the identified preferred distributed programming content. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A system comprising:
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a television distribution network;
a subscriber profile generator coupled to the television distribution network to automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via the television distribution network, the subscriber profile generator further to automatically store information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content, and a favorites presentation generator to generate, on initial activation of a video system, a personalized list of the identified preferred distributed programming content with a targeted advertisement, the targeted advertisement being related to a subscriber based on subscriber profile information. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A system comprising:
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a television distribution network;
a subscriber profile generator coupled to the television distribution network to automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber'"'"'s viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via the television distribution network, the subscriber profile generator further to automatically store information indicative of the identified preferred distributed programming content;
a favorites presentation generator to generate a mosaic presentation of programming images corresponding to the identified preferred distributed programming content; and
a set-top box coupled to the favorites presentation generator to display the mosaic presentation. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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